stmusic.org the best now?

[incognito129]

Asked a friend of mine and he said stmusic is the best one after oink. 60,000 users can't be bad.

[markupmaster]

It just might be...But you never know,new trackers are growing as we speak...

[GuyFawks]

Pssh. TT takes the cake.

[carinio]

you bet you ass that stmusic is the better now ;)

[Unstable1]

STMusic will be the next oink.

[buggu]

What about Btmusic?

[Hath]

Libble seems to be a good contender as the OinK replacement.

[Unstable1]

STMusic is where all the old Oinkers are going.

STMusic has ordered more hardware to deal with the new load and they are changing the site features to cater for user uploads and new categories, the same as oink had.

[Merdoc]

it's not the amount of the users but how they use the site. i'm sure ftn and ftwr could open signups for an hour and reach that limit. then likely these sites would goto craps

[BassJunkie84]

Yeah stmusic is the best music torrent site now and the also have archive torrents now ( none scene torrents ).

On The Stmusic Homepage -

2007-10-25 - If you have albums to upload and can do so, we urge you to - ultimately the goal is to make the user uploads section very oink-esque to appeal to the influx of new members. If you have any suggestions for the system please post in the forums.

Poll

Have you just joined us from Oink?

Yes, brand new user! 68%
Member of both STM and Oink for a while 14%
No, was here first 5%
No, never been with Oink 13%

Votes: 5,339

[311flowing76]

I've actually been a member of StMusic and OiNK for a couple of months and I still preferred OiNK because you could find anything that was brand new. I like it they have added user torrents but it hasn't made me DL more. I could hear some remix I had heard on the radio and 90% of the time, OiNK had it. First time hearing about a non Pitchfork endorsed indie band? OiNK had it. There were no boundaries in finding whatever music was new to you, they had it. That's what I miss the most, reading about some track I hadn't heard of and then being able to find it on OiNK. If STMusic and similar torrent sites can reach this, the world of torrents will be good. Because you can always find any popular artist/band on any torrent sites, its those hidden obscure gems you didn't know about before that can make your day. I'm sure I won't be finding a Natalie Walker "quicksand" song remix by the Thievery Corporation on these new torrent sites anytime soon, will I?

[BassJunkie84]

I've actually been a member of StMusic and OiNK for a couple of months and I still preferred OiNK because you could find anything that was brand new. I like it they have added user torrents but it hasn't made me DL more. I could hear some remix I had heard on the radio and 90% of the time, OiNK had it. First time hearing about a non Pitchfork endorsed indie band? OiNK had it. There were no boundaries in finding whatever music was new to you, they had it. That's what I miss the most, reading about some track I hadn't heard of and then being able to find it on OiNK. If STMusic and similar torrent sites can reach this, the world of torrents will be good. Because you can always find any popular artist/band on any torrent sites, its those hidden obscure gems you didn't know about before that can make your day. I'm sure I won't be finding a Natalie Walker "quicksand" song remix by the Thievery Corporation on these new torrent sites anytime soon, will I?

The point I was making is that most of oink users have joined stmusic & now they have very recently introduced user torrents ( in the last few days!! ) it's a step forward. All the old members of oink will hopefully upload all the torrents they had on Oink to StMusic and it's happy days. Yes we know Oink was awesome for rare tracks & albums..... but if people start uploading to STM it will be a good substitute.

Is anyone else getting a bit annoyed at people repeating each other, it's always the same.
Yes Oink was by far the best tracker....... now move on, it's gettin boring

[jam2k]

Hmm no lossless at stmusic ...

[xtrendkill]

yes user uploads have flac

[BassJunkie84]

Hmm no lossless at stmusic ...

Also on the home page:

# 2007-10-25 - User uploads are online in something of a beta form, there will be many changes made to the system over the coming weeks - to upload a torrent click the "Upload" button on the menu, basic rules: Don't upload scene rips (yet), FLAC releases must be in the flac container (.flac file), and mvid's must use the AVI container, if you don't know what format it was encoded in, then don't upload it. There will be more rules posted after we decide on all the specifics, but please don't hesitate to upload music now. Additionally, unconnectable users are NOT allowed to upload torrents, if an unconnectable user uploads a torrent they will be warned and then banned, DON'T DO IT. Also, ten new categories have been added, including Music Videos and MDVDR's, by popular request. They will be added to the regular upload regiment shortly.

[slavik19]

Hey everyone stmusic is open for registrations!!!

[incognito129]

i've looked around, even at libble, which blows compared to stmusic. Stmusic seems like the best, there are user uploads like oink and scene torrents. Pretty good but it seems the closed site to oink.

[meyou123]

STMusic seems to be down...I just tried to go to the site twice and got this message...

500 - Internal Server Error!

[blu_ray]

no it works fine they update their server
and this screen appears many times
you need to refresh the page

about stmusic i totally agree with BassJunkie84

[djtymo0]

hope so i'll wait for good trcker like oink:hi

[GuyFawks]

STmusic is good, but TranceTraffic is so much better!

[slavik19]

STmusic is good, but TranceTraffic is so much better!

whats the web site URL

r they open for registrations:icon_scra :icon_scra :icon_scra

[HelenaP]

whats the web site URL

r they open for registrations:icon_scra :icon_scra :icon_scra

They were open yesterday.
You can find the url here-
http://www.btracs.com/index.htm
Scroll down and click on the name (STMusic).

[HelenaP]

whats the web site URL

r they open for registrations:icon_scra :icon_scra :icon_scra

They were open yesterday. I'm not checking this morning, though.

I have always thought the site was lame.
They would have to upload a lot of waaaay different music that what they've been carrying for the last 10 months to suit my taste.

You can find the url here-
http://www.btracs.com/index.htm
Scroll down and click on the name (STMusic).

[AgentOrange]

stmusic has only 30,000 users. Demonoid is bigger.

[incognito129]

Its growing 2,000 users per day and about 1500 torrents per day.

Its the new oink. Give it time and it'll rise to oink status.

Way ahead of the other new sites that just sprung up, imo with shitty selection and slow speeds.

[meyou123]

Yeah, I joined ST Music and it is great! I am sure when they get the scene rips and losless worked out, it will do fantastic. BUT.....If you are going to get in....better do it now though. No telling when they will close registration for good.

[Nerix]

Do they even close? It's like signing up for bitsoup.

[Xtraterror]

They should be closing sometime soon. The tentative plan is for approximately 40,000 users. Perhaps a little more, perhaps a little less. With that projection, they should be closing fairly soon.

[pleon3asm]

Besides the music, I really miss the software collection Oink maintained. Since STMusic implies its genre in the name, will they eventually allow users to upload programs?

[Gigante]

Besides the music, I really miss the software collection Oink maintained. Since STMusic implies its genre in the name, will they eventually allow users to upload programs?


Good point. Oink had a GREAT software selection.

I hope STMusic eventually allows software also.

[Defiance]

Sigh why do I feel like 80% of the people on this site are complete newbs who probably used Kazaa 2 years ago?

[Xtaycee_n_your_coffee]

Sigh why do I feel like 80% of the people on this site are complete newbs who probably used Kazaa 2 years ago?

And so what? are you gonna shoot them down with stupid sayings or educate and point them in the right direction so that they might learn. Once upon a time, we were are newbies, and sadly, many forget that.

Anyway,

Private trackers only evolve to great status when there user's does the same. Meaning, for a tracker to be good as OiNK, it takes users to help build it over time. Many of the users in the sharing community are low on patience.

[dinomalibu]

Agree 100%

We are all noobs after all... And it is good to be noob on something sometimes, including on trackers. Would life be fun if we were unable to learn and experience something new ?



And so what? are you gonna shoot them down with stupid sayings or educate and point them in the right direction so that they might learn. Once upon a time, we were are newbies, and sadly, many forget that.

Anyway,

Private trackers only evolve to great status when there user's does the same. Meaning, for a tracker to be good as OiNK, it takes users to help build it over time. Many of the users in the sharing community are low on patience.

[newtovanman]

I'm a total nooooob when it comes to music torrents... but pleasantly surprised with STmusic so far. I've been able to find some stuff i never could on soulseek... Sufjan Stevens songs for christmas bookset Woot Woot!

[gham]

Well to answer a few questions (I'm an stmusic admin):

We're considering adding an apps category in the future

80% of our users aren't kazaa users, quite the opposite, we were scene music only for ages so it's a good crowd.

We're at Registered users 46,976 users now so we're looking good. Just a reminder to anyone reading this we're closing signups and switching to invite only on Friday 9th November so you don't have long if you do want to try us out.

[enter8]

(I'm an stmusic admin)

First of all, let me extend a warm welcome :)

STMusic has gone to considerable lengths to court the ex-Oink community and I'm sure I speak for many when I say thank you for all you've done. Quite a few music trackers quickly shut their doors when they saw the influx of ex-Oinkers coming, but your site did the opposite and welcomed them with open arms. That says a lot.

I was a fairly active member at Oink, but more importantly, I've been watching the post Oink fallout like a hawk and feel like I have a pretty good idea of where the head of the average ex-Oinker is at. As I said before, you've gone to considerable lengths, but if capturing a greater share of the Oink exodus is your goal, I think there are some further things you can do.

Freeleech

People will 'shop' where they have the most 'currency.' If I'm looking for an album, I'll search on the trackers where I have the largest buffer first, because that's where I have the 'money' to spend. Freeleech stimulates activity and gives members 'money' in the bank.

Don't Segregate User Uploads

I know you have a devoted pre-oink fallout membership base that you don't want to alienate, but if you truly want to make Oink users feel welcome, combine the scene releases with the user uploads.

Re-Design

Your site desperately requires a make-over. Never underestimate the power of design. The biggest and best trackers are almost always the best designed ones. It doesn't have to be pink or cute, just better.


Your site is definitely a major player and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, but if you really want the Oink contingent to migrate to you in droves, these are the steps I'd take.

I wish you and your site well.

[w31n3r]

Well to answer a few questions (I'm an stmusic admin):

We're considering adding an apps category in the future

80% of our users aren't kazaa users, quite the opposite, we were scene music only for ages so it's a good crowd.

We're at Registered users 46,976 users now so we're looking good. Just a reminder to anyone reading this we're closing signups and switching to invite only on Friday 9th November so you don't have long if you do want to try us out.

and a warm welcome from me too...adding on to what enter8 said, i think it's wonderful that you've actively encouraged people, and not only ex-oinkers, to join your site. as an earlier poster said, many forget the we all were noobs at some point of time, and you cannot discount the fact than many noobs can and will become valuable members of a community.

you could have made it a snotty club, you didn't. keep up the good work.

[Unfeltkiss]

Hey everyone! I'm a long time demonoid user now turned refugee. I'm looking for a new home for myself. I'm not a wretched user, greedy person, or basically any of the types that would pollute a private site. I had uploaded over 100 gigs and had a share ratio reaching 2.

Does anyone have any suggestions or feel like helping out a fellow user please? Feel free to PM me here or send me an email to wonderfulmetropolis@yahoo.com.

<3

[DyNast]

stmusic:

Registered users 49,571
Torrents 32,277
Peers 113115
Seeders 109128
Leechers 3987
Seeder/leecher ratio (%) 2737

[dimeslime]

i have signed up to c if its good,i really struggle to find anything i like on there,and my tastes are pretty broad,demonoid slays it although st might be worth hanging onto,i hope so

[Unfeltkiss]

i have signed up to c if its good,i really struggle to find anything i like on there,and my tastes are pretty broad,demonoid slays it although st might be worth hanging onto,i hope so

Demonoid isn't up anymore though :-/ Or am I missing something?

The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.

Is still up on their page.

[DyNast]

Don't know about best, but it's a real good one ;)

[mr.t.f.]

egads, there are so many people with heated opinions about who will be the successor! ah well, stmusic sounds cool, maybe i'll give it a try... they seem nice.

[Unfeltkiss]

I'm still looking to check out STMusic! What keep's opening and closing registration (IE opening and closing invites) to allow so some metered joining.

Current stats for What are:

Maximum users 19,000
Registered users 19,262
Torrents 32,921
Peers 114,723
Seeders 103,639
Leechers 11,084
Seeder/leecher ratio 9.35

So if anyone's got a STMusic invite I could snag, I'll most graciously offer up a What.cd invite when they open up again! :)

wonderfulmetropolis@gmail.com is where I can be reached at!

[meyou123]

you could have made it a snotty club, you didn't. keep up the good work.


Yeah, like a couple of clubs that you could not even join on their opening day!

waffles.fm and what.cd come to mind on that.

[rfbgb]

yes, you are correct on that

[BlastAttack]

Indeeeeeed!

[mistachy]

howdy guys, i was wondering if anyone could send me the number for the suicidal gay hotline?

[RACKnRAIL]

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